Example sentences of "as if [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh do go on , ’ Harriet hovers above , laughing , ‘ it 's not as if we did n't all know how virtuous you feel . ’ |
| 2 | as if we did n't have enough to think about , we also had the performance of the streaker , of course . |
| 3 | More likely , once established as a member of the literati and the venerable ‘ June 20th Group ’ , she felt a need to stress her difference from them — as if we did n't already know . |
| 4 | Half the time we carry on as if we did n't have a body : and we only think about our bodies if they trouble us — if we 're hungry or in pain . |
| 5 | The message of the Rio summit has been ( as if we did n't already know it ) that this is a small and fragile world and where conservation is concerned , everything is everybody 's business and that does n't just apply to the white rhino but to the artistic patrimony as well . |
| 6 | The excuse ( as if we did n't know ) is to protect the woodland . |
| 7 | On the way three big German transport planes flew overhead , scattering thousands of leaflets printed in Italian which stated that Badoglio had deserted his country — as if we did n't know this already . |
| 8 | It was nt as if we did nt deserve to win anyway … but what do you reckon they would have done if the roles were reversed and Leeds played an illegible player ? |
| 9 | The children all looked as if they did n't have a care in the world , that this was just another ordinary day , and what was taking place within the hall some sort of social occasion . |
| 10 | In contrast to the outside , the area was softly carpeted , softly lit , as if illness and death had to be cushioned away , made to look as if they did n't exist . |
| 11 | Shadows are the absence of light and so do n't exist in themselves , but they are still visible and palpable just as if they did . |
| 12 | They kept staring at him , as if they did n't believe what they were seeing . |
| 13 | When he waved or smiled at those he knew , they turned away , as if they did n't know him . |
| 14 | as if they did n't have enough problems already , green turtles from Florida to Australia have been turning up with horrific cancerous tumours . |
| 15 | Nearly three months have passed … by now a relieving force may be no more than a day 's march away , and yet you 're prepared to mortgage away your future lives as if they did not exist ! |
| 16 | It was n't as if they did n't know they were taking a risk — during the fifties and sixties debates raged in the press about highrise housing , with its defenders calling opposition simply prejudice . |
| 17 | as if they did n't even want anyone to know they 'd been inside . ’ |
| 18 | He moved forward importantly , pushing past Bernice and Cheryl as if they did not exist . |
| 19 | Again the boy looked down at his hands , staring at his arms and legs as if they did n't belong to him . |
| 20 | Personal involvement was implicit in the tone and the procedures involved : the matters under consideration were treated as if they did matter ; epochs and makers of epochs were sharply characterized and subjected to urgent evaluation . |
| 21 | Mind you , it looks as if they did quite a bit of homework and know kelly is a converted winger … |
| 22 | Gordon Orchard , a 61-year-old former Coldstream guardsman , who admitted abducting the child last summer , had 50 previous convictions , including indecent assault and attempted rape , but was sentenced as if they did not exist . |
| 23 | They feel estranged ; they feel as if they do n't belong ; they can not identify . |
| 24 | Living things do not disobey these physical laws — but they look as if they do . |
| 25 | Women no longer talk so explicitly about men as distant providers who should be obeyed and serviced , but many women often talk as if they do n't expect much better . |
| 26 | It 's , I , I mean these , these , the work with , with the original action network seems to , seems to come and go , you 've got a very large amount at one point and then nothing for sometime , it just depends er , I think which country they 're targeting and how much there is , because we had quite a lot on Malawi did n't we during the early part on last year not much on South Africa recently , as if they do n't quite know what to do , you know with the situation there it 's not quite er clarified . |
| 27 | They all wait for him to go on , while appearing as if they do not care whether he goes on or not . |
| 28 | Agents may not know the correct model , but they behave as if they do . |
| 29 | He says the worst is when you say good evening , sir , and they walk past you as if they do n't exist . |
| 30 | The pressure will be on them , as if they do n't beat us they 'll have blown promotion to the Premier League . |